More Samsung Galaxy S III leaky goodness

In the ongoing saga of Samsung Galaxy S III leaks, rumors, and chicanery, a new leak has been posted at Reddit. Mixed in among the U MAD BRO meme pics was the picture you see above, and the post with a brief explanation, supposedly from a fellow with a friend who works at Samsung. We've quoted the following spicy bits for easy reading:

He said that it will possibly have two optional launchers, ICS with touchwiz overlay and vanilla ICS. They aren't 100 percent sure if they will stick with touchwiz or have the dual launcher option. If they go dual, you will have the option of picking which one to use at startup, and you can change any time. He said it has a 4.7 inch screen that nearly takes up the whole phone, but some bezel space was needed for the camera, speakers, mic, and so cases would fit on it. He said it WILL be HD and have a ceramic "micro arc oxidation" back.

Is this for real? We have no idea. But it sure is fun to look at on a Saturday night. Hit the source link to see the various Reditor's take on this one.

Both are good companies for different reasons. HTC is known for solid hardware while Samsung is known for top of the line processors, thin devices, AMOLED screens, light weight...well, I think you get the point. Samsung has much more pros. Give them a try.

People that complain about the weight are pretty dumb. My fascinate was nice and light then I switched to the nexus which feels like a brick. I can't imagine holding a fruit phone for very long. People have to realize that you might be holding this device up to your ear for a long time so why would you want your phone to be heavy? Plus the build quality on my nexus and fascinate is 10 times better than the incredible I had.

I really wanted the HTC One X until they screwed the pooch, repeatedly. The lack of an SD card killed the deal, then, US version not a quad core, liars, then the below average screen quality. Have a GS2, not the greatest thing ever, but as good as the One X now. This GS3 will seriously rock HTC's world.(and mine as my upgrade is screaming for this release!)

Only on benchmarks which everyone should know by now are highly unreliable to test with. They are each good for their own reasons; as it is how the app/software utilises the architecture/various cores, as to how good it is. ETC

Believe it or not the average consumer does not care about stock Android. For Samsung you are part of the market they don't market this phone to. They want this phone to be uniquely Samsung while adding on to ICS. They will add some features that where previously not available in stock ICS. Yes for a power user skins suck but for an everyday user it makes things easier.

Indeed. I actually don't mind most of the skins, because it helps each manufacturer further define their devices. I think some of them can actually add some pretty awesome functionality, i.e. Sense and Touchwiz. Some need to try harder though, as Blur and whatever LG is calling their lame attempt are just a jumbled mess.

It occurs to me how silly it is how everyone is waiting to see what this phone looks like. Im sure it will look pretty much like every other smartphone these days. Like 90% screen 10% bezel. Not much variance physically in phones these days. We know whatever the internals this things gonna be fast. We know Samsung's gonna put a beautiful Hd screen on this guy. Its the optional launcher thats gonna put this over the top as an enthusiasts phone. Please take my money.

Go away troll. You must've never owned a exynos powered gs2. A snap dragon powered gs2 is basically like owning a HTC phone with a better screen. I just had my co worker change over from a iPhone 4s to the at&t gs2 that is powered by the exynos chip. Not the skyrocket with crap dragon chip. He did not notice any lag and his battery life is comparable to his iPhone 4s. So your point is moot. I showed him what true multitasking was. He us to keep killing apps running in the background thinking it would cause lag. Eventually I told him to leave it alone. He now has anywhere from 6-8 apps running in the background without a hiccup with over 300 megs of ram still being available. A crappy evo3d with zero apps running in the background only has like 250 megs of ram free because sense is so resource heavy.

I'm sorry, but this looks nothing like the leak from earlier. I'll take the easier post over this, and it also looks fake and photoshopped. I do like the idea of a dual launcher though, it appeals to have to both crowds. Guess we'll have to see!

two things... love the dual boot idea, although i doubt it will happen. it would have them flying off the shelves. secondly, i like the fact that sammy is creating a lot of buzz about their new product. see what releasing fewer well built products does? it creates hype n expectation. i wish more android oem's would take a hint. i think htc did...

Looks like they are taking a tip from apple and not releasing any real info on it and letting the media and speculators build up the device. Maybe that means they can launch it two weeks after they announce it like apple does.

My bad
I stand corrected ... Thanks
I missed the "Micro Arc Oxidation" part, That what happens when walk & read on a cellphone
at first my mind to Carbo-Ceramic, but then I realized that its expensive materials & it will cost a fortunate to use

I just want ALL of you people who come here and first COMPLAIN BITCH & MOAN....then you see the leaked device, THEN your whole attitude changes, then you FINALLY get the device, then you BASH it & repeat the SAME things you been saying about SAMSUNG!. I have been fooled by them, I gave the first rendition of the GSI & the GSII....The hardware is neither here nor there its preference, BUT I hate how the company does updates so I WONT be supporting the company they showed me WHO they are and I BELIEVE THEM why get hooked into the same cycle? Were are the leaders of the world you people are crazy

not irritated "biploer" just here to complain for the sake of complaining there more people here to comment and bash samsung devices than there are people that are actually interested in samsungs next flagship

You truly are bipolar! I have been an android user since the beginning and had phones from HTC, Samsung, and Motorola and while each have their strengths and weaknesses, Samsung is by far, hands down, the best of the bunch. PERIOD! If you root your phone, updates aren't an issue as the development community has a great knowledge base and support network for Roms and the such. I know it is preference but Samsung is in the lead right now.

this is one of the worst fakes.
i think AC must take this down. this is like... horrible.
at least yesterday's leak looked kind of believable.. this one is just retarded.
even NO ONE on reddit is buying this one.

Man.....I really get sick of uneducated posts by HTC fanboys. To each, their own I guess.

I have had HTC and Samsung devices and both have their strong points and their weak points.....but in my experience, I had alot more problems with HTC devices than Samsung (hardware mainly). I had to have my Evo 4g fixed 3 times because of screen problems and weak speaker blowing out. I had my Evo 3D replaced twice because of faulty camera hardware. Both my Nexus S 4G and my Epic Touch 4G (current device) have never been replaced, or repaired. Not one single problem with either Sammy device.

amen..... people talking so much shit about samsung...
htc has a lotta of their own probs too.
just because Samsung has some issues, doesn't mean Moto and HTC are suddenly amazing. sick of haters/fanboys.

ok, here is something that blow my mind,i was told by an indonesian friend who work for samsung, its under 5 inch long almost the same size of the international sgs2 and she wont say more,hope its true!!!

Every phone in my opinion has its strengths and weaknesses. I've only owned the original evo and now the epic touch with sprint. I'm for sure upgrading to the HTC Evo lte when it comes out. As long as the specs don't change. I'm switching to the Evo LTE for a couple of reasons. Micro sd, and beats audio built in. Don't get me wrong I like my Epic Touch but I listen to alot of audio and video and beats audio is supposed to be awesome. I just hope they make the battery removable. Just my 2cents.

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